ForceWare 163.75 released

[Marduk_25]

Starting off the release week on Tuesday Nvidia has released a new beta driver for Microsoft's Windows Vista. Nicknamed ForceWare 163.75, the driver support the GeForce 6, 7 and 8 series cards and the GeForce 7150, 7100 and 7050 IGPs and it features:

- Improved compatibility for Half-Life 2: Episode 2
- Added NVIDIA SLI profiles for Portal, Clive Barker's Jericho, SEGA Rally Revo, NHL 08, and European Street Racing
- Several game and application compatibility fixes

To download the ForceWare 163.75 driver check out the links below:

- ForceWare 163.75 beta (Windows Vista 32bit) (http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?automodule=downloads&showfile=286)
- ForceWare 163.75 beta (Windows Vista 64bit) (http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?automodule=downloads&showfile=287)
- ForceWare 163.75 beta (Windows XP 32bit) (http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?automodule=downloads&showfile=289)
- ForceWare 163.75 beta (Windows XP 64bit) (http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?automodule=downloads&showfile=288)


Source: http://www.tcmagazine.com/comments.php?shownews=16363&catid=3


Nvidia download:
- http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_163.75.html
- http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_163.75.html

[Reznik Akime]

No XP as well? If improved compatibility with HL is one of the driver's staples, wouldn't an XP release soon follow?

[icon57]

hope it cures my display driver stopped working message i am getting...

[Knight]

hope it cures my display driver stopped working message i am getting...

Are you using the 163.71 set?

[icon57]

163.73 i think...not at my comp atm...at work

[Cracker]

No XP as well? If improved compatibility with HL is one of the driver's staples, wouldn't an XP release soon follow?

I'm not liking Nvidia's lack of concern for XP users. :shakes:

[aintz]

I'm not liking Nvidia's lack of concern for XP users. :shakes:

...... man get some clue before opening your mouth
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1752

there happy?

[theteamaqua]

No XP as well? If improved compatibility with HL is one of the driver's staples, wouldn't an XP release soon follow?

http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_rel70betadriver.html

XP 32
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_163.75.html

Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64_163.75.html

[Reznik Akime]

...... man get some clue before opening your mouth
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1752

there happy?

Hey now, cool yer heels. Acting like that gets you nowhere.

http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_do...etadriver.html

XP 32
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_163.75.html

Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64_163.75.html

Thank you muchly! They must have just put those up minutes ago because they weren't there when I looked just moments after this thread was posted.

[s3rv3r]

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1750

# Improved compatibility for Half-Life 2: Episode 2.
# Added NVIDIA SLI profiles for Portal, Clive Barker's Jericho, SEGA Rally Revo, NHL 08, and European Street Racing.
# Several game and application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.

[theteamaqua]

Hey now, cool yer heels. Acting like that gets you nowhere.



Thank you muchly! They must have just put those up minutes ago because they weren't there when I looked just moments after this thread was posted.

in the last several drivers, nv has been releasing both XP/Vista and 32/64 all 4 drivers at the sametime, and just b4 a game launched...i guess thats what they'll keep doing in the future , once in a while someone in guru3d, or laptop driver gets some leaked driver, but thats it

:shrug:

hopefully theyll release a driver b4 crysis demo to make SLI work as well as it does in other game, i can enable SLI on Crysis beta, but getting more or less the same performance as single card ....

[aintz]

Hey now, cool yer heels. Acting like that gets you nowhere.


i dislike people who make comments without knowing anything. mind you own business.

[Reznik Akime]

i dislike people who make comments without knowing anything. mind you own business.

Now now, not everyone has the time to go about all forums for updates! Given previous experiences, Nvidia did ignore XP for a time. You could have politely showed him the link or said nothing at all, like theteamaqua did when he showed me the updated drivers for XP.

And if you want people staying out of your business, please don't post on public forums.

[[cTx]Raptor22]

i dislike people who make comments without knowing anything. mind you own business.

You dont understand... the downloads WERENT THERE when the thread started, The thread was created at 9:05 AM and the downloads werent up until "2007-10-10 11:02:26."

Reznik Akime's post was at 9:10, when the drivers still didnt exist... so cool yourself off and dont make a royal a$$ of yourself for no reason. Someone say: uncalled for.

[GripS]

i dislike people who make comments without knowing anything. mind you own business.

I dislike people that are know it alls. This forum is everyone's business. Get the stick out of your a$$.

[aintz]

And if you want people staying out of your business, please don't post on public forums.

i was just making a suggestion, you can do whatever you want.

making a conclusion that nvidia is lacking concern for xp users just because a xp driver came after vista is ....wheres the dancing bananas go.......

[aintz]

I dislike people that are know it alls. This forum is everyone's business. Get the stick out of your a$$.

i dont know it all, but i normally read or search before making artarded comments.

[RPGWiZaRD]

Wow, NVIDIA's spitting out the drivers again, since 163.44 they've been raining down. Not complaining though :) but why rls 163.75 and then 163.76 at pretty much same time? Guess there's some serious issue they forgot to fix in 163.75 and had to rls 163.76?

I already see GREAT performance benchmark results in some other forums about 163.76. :) Note the 163.71 used there in comparision are XG tweaked 163.71 based on BETA version which is faster than stock NVIDIA 163.71 WHQLs are.

Cs:Source Stress ::
163.71 -- 250.11fps
163.76 -- 272.54

FEAR Stress ::
163.71 -- Min 52 / Max 318
163.76 -- Min 59 / Max 357

**Edited with my new numbers...I skipped over 163.75 as Snout said the 76's were more "allegedly" good for xp and holy :banana::banana::banana::banana: was he right.. Besides the fact those 2 games run as smooth as glass, CrySis feels alot smoother also. These will be great among xp users, and keep in mind I only have 1 card, and they perform this well. Smile ***

[hecktic]

downloaded the vista 32 driver

going to test with a number of movies, dvds, and some games like world of warcraft now.

[kuhla]

I like it when it's raining drivers, so much testing to do! :D Thanks for posting those numbers RPG. I have had nothing but good experiances with the 163.7x series of drivers so far on my rig (specs in sig). I'll upgrade to these probably sometime later this week.

[Reznik Akime]

I dunno if its the psychological aspect, but I swear Eve is running smoother with the .76 drivers.

[Zorlac]

Did they fix scaling yet? I like disabling it, but the setting will not stick and has not stuck since like the 90 series drivers.

I'm using Vista Ultimate 64 and a 8800GTX

[dengyong]

So .76 is xp only ?

[RPGWiZaRD]

So .76 is xp only ?

Well on my setup I can't see any difference between 75 and 76 at all neither performance or IQ wise.

EDIT: On my system, XG 163.71 BETAs seems still like the winners, not by much though.

[aintz]

hl2 lost coast video stress test (1440*900 maxed everything in game) using vista 32bit

163.71 - 159.41fps
163.75 - 157.90fps

edit: also made my css crash when playing de_dust2.

[`danny]

Got the x64 Vista version installed and so far no issues in Madden 08, will test Crysis later

[syne_24]

Got the x64 Vista version installed and so far no issues in Madden 08, will test Crysis later

Did you had issues with it before? (Madden 08) Just curious because I've been getting some odd texture error sometimes. I'll try this out in a min..

[Cracker]

...... man get some clue before opening your mouth
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1752

there happy?No. :moon:

:p:

[Cracker]

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1750

# Improved compatibility for Half-Life 2: Episode 2.
# Added NVIDIA SLI profiles for Portal, Clive Barker's Jericho, SEGA Rally Revo, NHL 08, and European Street Racing.
# Several game and application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.
Thanks, I'll give these a try. :)

[strange|ife]

anyone run 3dmark?:cool:

[`danny]

Did you had issues with it before? (Madden 08) Just curious because I've been getting some odd texture error sometimes. I'll try this out in a min..

Yea I did get them before with other various drivers, the game is fun but the graphics are horrid and no other driver version has solved it.

[chunkylover77]

i dont know it all, but i normally read or search before making artarded comments.

And your post was reported. Stop being a jerk

[[cTx]Raptor22]

And your post was reported. Stop being a jerk

He does that all the time... I report his a$$hat posts too... he needs to begone from this place.... :down:

[aintz]

he made a unintelligent comment and i called him on it. and you guys are just spamming. even the poster of the comment himself already accepted the fact. so please stop flaming/spamming before you are gone

[[cTx]Raptor22]

he made a unintelligent comment and i called him on it. and you guys are just spamming. even the poster of the comment himself already accepted the fact. so please stop flaming/spamming before you are gone

Yuo dont understand, the comment was fine when he made it because the drivers didnt EXIST until 3 HOURS after the post. Its like getting pissed at someone in 1850 for saying that you will never go faster than 20MPH, well guess what, you couldnt go faster than 20MPH in 1850, just like you cant get drivers that dont exist yet. So yeah, shut your face. :clap:

[aintz]

you dont get it do you? even if nvidia didnt put out this new forceware for xp hes judgement would still not be valid. and that wasnt even the case. so please stop spamming/flamming

[[cTx]Raptor22]

...... man get some clue before opening your mouth
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1752

there happy?

He had a clue, they didnt exist.... so as far as he knew.... no XP drivers.... yeah... go ahead: be a d!ck....

[BulldogPO]

Gotta test if my oc problems will go away with these..

[Mu3rt3]

these make my system crash when i try to change flat panel scaling :eek: